BPSS Clearance Jobs in England

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Clearance
UK > England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for BPSS Clearance qualifications. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered over the 6 months to 11 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
11 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 318 594 922
Rank change year-on-year +276 +328 -265
Permanent jobs citing BPSS Clearance 747 341 234
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 0.87% 0.38% 0.18%
As % of the Qualifications category 3.06% 1.16% 0.66%
Number of salaries quoted 595 173 159
10th Percentile £25,600 £27,550 £21,806
25th Percentile £31,500 £37,500 £32,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £52,500 £49,200
Median % change year-on-year +4.76% +6.71% -10.55%
75th Percentile £65,000 £72,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £77,500 £85,000 £90,000
UK median annual salary £55,000 £57,384 £52,500
% change year-on-year -4.15% +9.30% -4.55%

All Academic and Professional Certifications
England

BPSS Clearance is in the Academic Qualifications and Professional Certifications category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in England with a requirement for academic qualifications or professional certifications.

Permanent vacancies requiring academic qualifications or professional certifications 24,443 29,349 35,239
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in England 28.46% 32.67% 26.47%
Number of salaries quoted 15,785 13,406 16,670
10th Percentile £28,453 £31,322 £31,000
25th Percentile £38,500 £42,000 £41,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -
75th Percentile £71,250 £77,500 £73,750
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £92,500
UK median annual salary £54,000 £59,526 £55,000
% change year-on-year -9.28% +8.23% -

BPSS Clearance
Job Vacancy Trend in England

Job postings citing BPSS Clearance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in England.

Job vacancy trend for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Salary Trend in England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing BPSS Clearance in England.

Salary trend for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Salary Histogram in England

Salary distribution for jobs citing BPSS Clearance in England over the 6 months to 11 May 2024.

Salary histogram for BPSS Clearance in England

BPSS Clearance
Job Locations in England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing BPSS Clearance within the England region over the 6 months to 11 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South West +148 313 £50,000 +5.26% 32
East of England +154 178 £57,500 +10.58% 12
London +45 79 £70,000 +33.33% 21
South East +62 71 £52,293 -30.28% 33
Midlands +11 42 £43,750 -35.19% 26
North of England +15 36 £49,000 +22.50% 42
North West -7 27 £28,000 -30.00% 37
West Midlands +18 21 £60,000 +9.09% 9
East Midlands -7 21 £24,811 -63.24% 17
North East -1 6 £65,000 -13.33% 4
Yorkshire +67 3 £78,273 +9.86% 1
BPSS Clearance
UK

BPSS Clearance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 96 (12.85%) Confluence
2 19 (2.54%) Microsoft Exchange
3 18 (2.41%) Exchange Server 2010
4 15 (2.01%) SharePoint
5 6 (0.80%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.40%) Apache
7 2 (0.27%) Anypoint
7 2 (0.27%) Apache Airflow
7 2 (0.27%) CMS
7 2 (0.27%) WordPress
8 1 (0.13%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.13%) WebLogic
Applications
1 41 (5.49%) Simulink
2 23 (3.08%) Microsoft Excel
3 16 (2.14%) Microsoft Office
4 10 (1.34%) Trello
5 9 (1.20%) Microsoft Project
6 5 (0.67%) Microsoft PowerPoint
7 4 (0.54%) Stateflow
8 1 (0.13%) 1Password
8 1 (0.13%) Acrobat
8 1 (0.13%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.13%) Blender
8 1 (0.13%) InDesign
8 1 (0.13%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 29 (3.88%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
2 25 (3.35%) Workday HCM
3 9 (1.20%) Primavera
4 7 (0.94%) Maximo
5 2 (0.27%) Teamcenter
6 1 (0.13%) ContrOCC
6 1 (0.13%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Applications
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle ERP
6 1 (0.13%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.13%) SAP MM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP PM
6 1 (0.13%) SAP S/4HANA
Cloud Services
1 106 (14.19%) Azure
2 57 (7.63%) AWS
2 57 (7.63%) Microsoft 365
3 49 (6.56%) Azure DevOps
4 26 (3.48%) Power Platform
5 19 (2.54%) Azure Monitor
5 19 (2.54%) GitHub
6 16 (2.14%) PaaS
7 15 (2.01%) OCI
8 14 (1.87%) GitHub Actions
9 13 (1.74%) SaaS
10 10 (1.34%) IaaS
11 9 (1.20%) GCP
12 5 (0.67%) Serverless
13 4 (0.54%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 4 (0.54%) Google Analytics
13 4 (0.54%) Google Data Studio
13 4 (0.54%) Google Sheets
13 4 (0.54%) Google Tag Manager
14 3 (0.40%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 36 (4.82%) Wi-Fi
2 18 (2.41%) VPN
3 15 (2.01%) 5G
4 14 (1.87%) Firewall
5 11 (1.47%) Ethernet
6 10 (1.34%) 4G
7 9 (1.20%) MPLS
7 9 (1.20%) WAN
8 8 (1.07%) Software-Defined Radio
9 6 (0.80%) Wireless
10 5 (0.67%) 5G NR
10 5 (0.67%) 802.11
10 5 (0.67%) LTE
11 4 (0.54%) DNS
11 4 (0.54%) Internet
12 3 (0.40%) Modbus
12 3 (0.40%) RS-232
12 3 (0.40%) RS-422
12 3 (0.40%) RS-485
12 3 (0.40%) Tactical Data Link
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (2.28%) Power BI
2 16 (2.14%) NoSQL
3 13 (1.74%) Oracle Reports
4 10 (1.34%) Tableau
5 9 (1.20%) SQL Server
6 8 (1.07%) Big Data
6 8 (1.07%) GIS
6 8 (1.07%) MongoDB
6 8 (1.07%) Relational Database
7 7 (0.94%) Data Warehouse
7 7 (0.94%) Oracle BI Publisher
8 6 (0.80%) Snowflake Schema
8 6 (0.80%) Star Schema
9 5 (0.67%) PostgreSQL
10 4 (0.54%) Azure SQL Database
10 4 (0.54%) Metadata
10 4 (0.54%) Power Query
11 2 (0.27%) Oracle Database
11 2 (0.27%) Redis
12 1 (0.13%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 105 (14.06%) JIRA
2 102 (13.65%) Git
3 93 (12.45%) Visual Studio
4 87 (11.65%) Bitbucket
5 59 (7.90%) Sourcetree
6 45 (6.02%) Rational Rhapsody
7 42 (5.62%) Rational DOORS
8 13 (1.74%) Rational Team Concert
9 8 (1.07%) GitLab
9 8 (1.07%) SonarQube
10 7 (0.94%) Team Foundation Server
11 6 (0.80%) Jenkins
12 5 (0.67%) Eclipse
12 5 (0.67%) Subversion
13 4 (0.54%) JMeter
14 3 (0.40%) Cucumber
15 1 (0.13%) Cypress.io
15 1 (0.13%) Mockito
15 1 (0.13%) Selenium
15 1 (0.13%) TeamCity
General
1 159 (21.29%) Social Skills
2 106 (14.19%) Presentation Skills
3 100 (13.39%) Games
4 51 (6.83%) Analytical Skills
5 49 (6.56%) Public Sector
6 44 (5.89%) Manufacturing
7 39 (5.22%) Military
8 37 (4.95%) Finance
9 35 (4.69%) Aerospace
10 30 (4.02%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 28 (3.75%) Electronics
12 22 (2.95%) Retail
13 16 (2.14%) Influencing Skills
14 13 (1.74%) Organisational Skills
14 13 (1.74%) Telecoms
15 12 (1.61%) French Language
16 10 (1.34%) Marketing
17 7 (0.94%) Italian Language
18 4 (0.54%) German Language
18 4 (0.54%) Polish Language
Job Titles
1 120 (16.06%) Developer
2 90 (12.05%) Lead
3 89 (11.91%) Systems Engineer
4 88 (11.78%) Architect
5 86 (11.51%) 3D Developer
5 86 (11.51%) Games Developer
5 86 (11.51%) Unity 3D Developer
6 85 (11.38%) Senior
7 64 (8.57%) Software Engineer
8 52 (6.96%) Consultant
9 38 (5.09%) Analyst
10 33 (4.42%) Senior Developer
11 30 (4.02%) Senior Games Developer
12 29 (3.88%) Solutions Architect
13 26 (3.48%) Mobile Engineer
14 25 (3.35%) Workday Consultant
15 24 (3.21%) Field Engineer
16 21 (2.81%) Security Architect
17 20 (2.68%) Field Service Engineer
17 20 (2.68%) Junior
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 86 (11.51%) Unity (Game Engine)
2 43 (5.76%) .NET
3 15 (2.01%) EDI
3 15 (2.01%) REST
4 11 (1.47%) Middleware
5 10 (1.34%) HTML
6 9 (1.20%) AngularJS
6 9 (1.20%) PyTorch
7 8 (1.07%) ARM Templates
7 8 (1.07%) Azure Blueprints
8 7 (0.94%) JSON
8 7 (0.94%) Node.js
9 5 (0.67%) 802.1X
9 5 (0.67%) RESTful
9 5 (0.67%) Spring
10 4 (0.54%) .NET Framework
10 4 (0.54%) Kafka
10 4 (0.54%) ONNX
10 4 (0.54%) Play Framework
10 4 (0.54%) TensorFlow
Miscellaneous
1 90 (12.05%) Virtual Reality
2 63 (8.43%) Driving Licence
3 47 (6.29%) Algorithms
4 42 (5.62%) Self-Motivation
5 38 (5.09%) Management Information System
6 25 (3.35%) Onboarding
7 19 (2.54%) Public Cloud
8 12 (1.61%) EPoS
9 11 (1.47%) Product Ownership
10 10 (1.34%) FPGA
10 10 (1.34%) IoT
10 10 (1.34%) VHDL
11 9 (1.20%) ARM Cortex
12 8 (1.07%) Cyber Threat
12 8 (1.07%) PCIe
13 5 (0.67%) Data Centre
13 5 (0.67%) Distributed Systems
13 5 (0.67%) Robotics
13 5 (0.67%) Social Media
13 5 (0.67%) Verilog
Operating Systems
1 63 (8.43%) Windows
2 22 (2.95%) Linux
3 7 (0.94%) Windows 10
4 5 (0.67%) Windows Server
5 4 (0.54%) Mac OS
5 4 (0.54%) Ubuntu
5 4 (0.54%) Unix
6 3 (0.40%) Embedded Linux
7 2 (0.27%) Windows Server 2012
8 1 (0.13%) Android
8 1 (0.13%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.13%) Solaris
8 1 (0.13%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 201 (26.91%) Software Engineering
2 152 (20.35%) UML
3 137 (18.34%) DevOps
4 127 (17.00%) Agile
5 124 (16.60%) Systems Engineering
6 116 (15.53%) Scrum
7 103 (13.79%) Use Case
8 96 (12.85%) Problem-Solving
9 95 (12.72%) Project Management
10 93 (12.45%) Design Patterns
11 90 (12.05%) Validation
12 67 (8.97%) ITIL
13 63 (8.43%) Analytics
14 60 (8.03%) Roadmaps
15 58 (7.76%) Mentoring
16 57 (7.63%) Mathematics
17 54 (7.23%) Verification and Validation
18 47 (6.29%) Model-Based Systems Engineering
19 44 (5.89%) Stakeholder Management
20 42 (5.62%) Microservices
Programming Languages
1 115 (15.39%) C#
2 54 (7.23%) C
3 46 (6.16%) Ada
4 36 (4.82%) MATLAB
5 35 (4.69%) Python
6 25 (3.35%) SQL
7 24 (3.21%) Java
7 24 (3.21%) JavaScript
8 13 (1.74%) Scala
9 12 (1.61%) TypeScript
10 10 (1.34%) C++
10 10 (1.34%) R
11 6 (0.80%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.67%) PowerShell
13 4 (0.54%) Shell Script
13 4 (0.54%) VBA
14 3 (0.40%) Rust
14 3 (0.40%) SystemVerilog
15 2 (0.27%) Ruby
16 1 (0.13%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 595 (79.65%) Security Cleared
2 262 (35.07%) Degree
3 219 (29.32%) SC Cleared
4 34 (4.55%) DBS Check
5 29 (3.88%) TOGAF Certification
6 17 (2.28%) Master's Degree
7 12 (1.61%) CTC Cleared
7 12 (1.61%) DV Cleared
8 8 (1.07%) APMG
9 6 (0.80%) IIBA
10 5 (0.67%) PhD
11 4 (0.54%) CCSAM
11 4 (0.54%) CREST Certified
12 3 (0.40%) Azure Certification
12 3 (0.40%) HNC
13 2 (0.27%) AWS Certification
13 2 (0.27%) CISM
13 2 (0.27%) CISSP
13 2 (0.27%) CSPO
14 1 (0.13%) CESG Certified Professional
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 43 (5.76%) SLA
2 31 (4.15%) PCI DSS
3 27 (3.61%) ISO/IEC 15288
4 13 (1.74%) Def Stans
5 12 (1.61%) GDPR
6 10 (1.34%) COSHH
6 10 (1.34%) Cyber Essentials
6 10 (1.34%) MISRA
7 9 (1.20%) NCSC
8 8 (1.07%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.80%) Data Quality
9 6 (0.80%) ISO/IEC 27001
9 6 (0.80%) QA
10 4 (0.54%) IEC 61508
10 4 (0.54%) MISRA C
11 3 (0.40%) DO-178B
11 3 (0.40%) ISO 9001
11 3 (0.40%) ISO/IEC 20000
12 2 (0.27%) NIST
13 1 (0.13%) PMO
System Software
1 50 (6.69%) Firmware
2 31 (4.15%) KVM
3 16 (2.14%) Docker
4 11 (1.47%) Hyper-V
5 10 (1.34%) Embedded Firmware
6 4 (0.54%) Active Directory
6 4 (0.54%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.54%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.27%) Virtual Machines
8 1 (0.13%) Oracle RAC
8 1 (0.13%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 18 (2.41%) Microsoft Intune
2 13 (1.74%) Kubernetes
3 10 (1.34%) Ansible
3 10 (1.34%) FortiGate
3 10 (1.34%) Terraform
4 4 (0.54%) Computer Emergency Response Teams
5 2 (0.27%) Active Directory Federation Services
5 2 (0.27%) Grafana
5 2 (0.27%) Kibana
6 1 (0.13%) HP ALM
6 1 (0.13%) Istio
6 1 (0.13%) Kubeflow
6 1 (0.13%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
6 1 (0.13%) Prometheus
6 1 (0.13%) SCCM
Vendors
1 220 (29.45%) Microsoft
2 54 (7.23%) IBM
3 52 (6.96%) Dell
4 29 (3.88%) Sparx
5 28 (3.75%) HP
6 25 (3.35%) Oracle
6 25 (3.35%) Workday
7 16 (2.14%) Cisco
8 14 (1.87%) Sun
9 12 (1.61%) NetApp
10 11 (1.47%) Mercator
11 9 (1.20%) Darktrace
11 9 (1.20%) Mitel
11 9 (1.20%) NEC
11 9 (1.20%) Ribbon
12 8 (1.07%) ServiceNow
13 7 (0.94%) Google
14 6 (0.80%) SAP
15 5 (0.67%) EMC
15 5 (0.67%) Meraki